All that hubbub and it's over already; two weeks of (sometimes arcane) sporting pursuits that kept me glued to the tellybox, with medals galore (for a change) and the usual histrionics from the commentators.
Gutted I missed Boris running at the end though.
*koff*
So much time and so little to do; the following gigs were rescued from the clutches of the Vermicious Knids lurking in the back pages of this week's scrum-diddly-umptious NME:
The Do Dos and Euros Childs @ Coalition, Brighton - 12/09/2008
Born Ruffians @ The Hope, Brighton - 13/09/2008
Wildbirds & Peacedrums @ The Prince Albert, Brighton - 16/09/2008
Golden Silvers @ The Freebutt, Brighton - 17/09/2008
Jubilee @ The Joiners, Southampton - 19/09/2008
Sennen @ The Freebutt, Brighton - 21/09/2008
The Academy Is... and We The Kings @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 21/09/2008
Cajun Dance Party @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 24/09/2008
Islands @ The Freebutt, Brighton - 25/09/2008
Johnny Foreigner and Dananananaykroyd @ The Albert, Brighton - 29/09/2008
Golden Silvers @ The Joiners, Southampton - 29/09/2008
Brett Anderson @ St George's Church, Brighton - 29/09/2008
White Lies and The Joy Formidable @ Komedia, Brighton - 29/09/2008
The Duke Spirit @ Komedia, Brighton - 01/10/2008
Sam Sparro @ The Corn Exchange, Brighton - 03/10/2008
Longview @ The Freebutt, Brighton - 03/10/2008
Hot Club de Paris @ Audio, Brighton - 04/10/2008
Longview @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 04/10/2008
Thomas Tantrum and The Daisy Riots @ The Joiners, Southampton - 10/10/2008
Cajun Dance Party @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 13/10/2008
Los Campesinos! @ Komedia, Brighton - 14/10/2008
Esser @ Audio, Brighton - 15/10/2008
Natty @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 16/10/2008
Jeremy Walmsley @ The Freebutt, Brighton - 18/10/2008
Jeremy Walmsley @ The Joiners, Southampton - 19/10/2008
Esser @ Lennons, Southampton - 20/10/2008
Tilly & The Wall @ The Brook, Southampton - 20/10/2008
Does It Offend You Yeah? and South Central @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 21/10/2008
The Complete Stone Roses @ Mr Kyp's, Poole - 25/10/2008
Neon Neon @ Digital, Brighton - 30/10/2008
Grammatics @ Audio, Brighton - 03/11/2008
Noah & The Whale @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 03/11/2008
Cage The Elephant @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 04/11/2008
Ida Maria @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 13/11/2008
Ida Maria @ Komedia, Brighton - 18/11/2008
The Kills @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 21/11/2008
Cardinals @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 22/11/2008
I'm From Barcelona @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 26/11/2008
Attack!Attack! @ The Freebutt, Brighton - 05/12/2008
Attack!Attack! @ The Joiners, Southampton - 06/12/2008
The Fratellis @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 09/12/2008
The Levellers and Divokej Bill @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 14/12/2008
I'll endeavour to add the above gigs onto the SoMC Events Calendar at my earliest opportunity (i.e. when I'm not distracted by something shiny, or a beer, or something shiny holding a beer, or some bizarre combination of tasty beverage and shininess that my addled noggin can't quite comprehend at the moment). When up to date the Events Calendar is a most useful aid for the music fan at a loose end, being just packed with many local entertainments. Like these...
Stompin' Dave Allen @ The Platform Tavern, Southampton - 28/08/2008
Gwyn Ashton @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 28/08/2008
Finger Monster, Frantic Bliss and The Johnny Soul Trip Band @ The Joiners, Southampton - 28/08/2008
Denise Marie @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 28/08/2008
Clutch and Taint @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 28/08/2008
Chillerton, You Me And The Atom Bomb, Calvinball and PJ & Gaby @ The Fawcett Inn, Portsmouth - 28/08/2008
Hourstilautumn, Waiting For Sirens, Ardentes and Moral Sense @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 28/08/2008
Castillo, Nine Ninety Nines, Moma Jest and Run Of The Mill @ The Fat Fox, Portsmouth - 28/08/2008
My Last Victory, The Silence Within and The Dead Celebs @ The Freebutt, Brighton - 28/08/2008
The Maddisons, The Harmonics and The Kingskins @ The Railway, Winchester - 28/08/2008
Steve Arnott @ The Frog & Frigate, Southampton - 29/08/2008
Full Proof, Faireway, Speed The Collapse and Not Good Enough For Tony @ The Railway Rifle Club, Portsmouth - 29/08/2008
The Hamsters @ The Brook, Southampton - 29/08/2008
So So Modern, 2 Hot 2 Sweat and Oxynucid @ The Freebutt, Brighton - 29/08/2008
Manti @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 29/08/2008
The Jamm (tribute) @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 29/08/2008
Finely Tuned Assassins, Ride The Skyline and Never Back Down @ The Joiners, Southampton - 29/08/2008
The Devil's Conspiracy, Sheilatakeabow and No Access @ The Nell Gwynne, Portsmouth - 29/08/2008
The Uplifter (DJ) @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 29/08/2008
Valhalla and Prozium @ The Firehouse, Southampton - 29/08/2008
Cool Banana, Bemis, 3 Penny Puppet and Psychomachia (DJ) @ The Barn at The Milton Arms, Portsmouth - 30/08/2008
Bee Gees Fever (tribute) @ The Brook, Southampton - 30/08/2008
Messedupjoey and Openroom @ The Freebutt, Brighton - 30/08/2008
The Chilis (tribute) @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 30/08/2008
One Weird Fish @ The Wheelwright Arms, Havant - 30/08/2008
The Legendary Derek @ The Frog & Frigate, Southampton - 30/08/2008
Red Indie with Dr Watson (DJ) and Skidmark (DJ) @ Little Johnny Russell's, Portsmouth - 30/08/2008
Damaged Goods @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 30/08/2008
The Rizlas @ The Square Brewery, Petersfield - 30/08/2008
Snake Oil Band @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 30/08/2008
Unforgiven @ The Firehouse, Southampton - 30/08/2008
Hold Fire and Major Melon @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 31/08/2008
Virtue, Shizamm's Picbox and Red Rag To A Shark @ The Joiners, Southampton - 31/08/2008
Gentle Bren (DJ) @ Little Johnny Russell's, Portsmouth - 31/08/2008
Jonquil and Junkboy @ The Freebutt, Brighton - 31/08/2008
Ade Cull, Champ Of The Day, Matt Harrison and October In Minnesota @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 31/08/2008
Martin Harley Band @ The Platform Tavern, Southampton - 31/08/2008
Jouis & The Chic Geeks and Fearne @ The Freebutt, Brighton - 01/09/2008
Holy Ghost Revival, Strange Without Medicine and Owen Tromans & The Elders @ The Joiners, Southampton - 01/09/2008
Ade Cull, Harlem Rose and Rich Garrett @ The Edge of The Wedge, Portsmouth - 02/09/2008
James & Denovo @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 02/09/2008
This City, Cut The Blue Wire and The Light Divided @ The Fat Fox, Portsmouth - 02/09/2008
The Autumn Defense, Liam Hayes and Plush @ The Railway, Winchester - 02/09/2008
Aitch, Nicola K and The Visitors @ Little Johnny Russell's, Portsmouth - 02/09/2008
Solent City Jazzmen @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 02/09/2008
Sinnerboy (Rory Gallagher tribute) @ The Cellars @ Eastney, Portsmouth - 03/09/2008
The Blueskies, Little Death and The Lucans @ The Freebutt, Brighton - 03/09/2008
Miles From Anywhere, We're What's Left, Lucky Ones Die First and The Architects @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 03/09/2008
The Wedding Present and Elle Milano @ The Joiners, Southampton - 03/09/2008
The Abysinnians and Dillinger @ The Brook, Southampton - 09/09/2008
Sun Kil Moon @ Audio, Brighton - 10/09/2008
Bad Manners and Max Splodge @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 14/09/2008
Wilko Johnson @ The Brook, Southampton - 11/10/2008
Martha Wainwright @ The Pyramids, Portsmouth - 18/10/2008
The Musical Box (Genesis tribute, performing A Trick of the Tail) @ The Guildhall, Portsmouth - 18/10/2008
Geno Washington @ The Brook, Southampton - 24/10/2008
Perfect Alibi (Pink Floyd tribute) @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 25/10/2008
Seth Lakeman @ The Pyramids, Portsmouth - 07/11/2008
Dashboard Confessional @ The Guildhall, Portsmouth - 17/12/2008
In addition to live performances from Surfless and Escape Story, and the best indie/rock/dance tunes from Will Chump and Spikey Mark of the Southsea Mafia DJs, this week's Waster will also feature the announcement of the line-up of the club-night's tent at the forthcoming Portsmouth & Southsea Festival (and they'll be giving away a couple of tickets for October's shindig too). If that wasn't quite enough to whet your appetite there'll also be some Verve-tastic freebies on offer, to celebrate the release of the Wigan rockers' new album. Portsmouth's Envy nightclub open its doors at 2200 tomorrow, Thursday 28th August, and entrance is £1 before 2300 (£3 after). Details of how to get yourself added to the guest list can be found on the Facebook event page.
Club night Chaos returns to The Wedgewood Rooms this Saturday, 30th August, for a 'Beach Party' fancy dress special. DJs Will Chump and Ruby Soho will oversee the shenanigans in the Main Room whilst Marky Marc and Hev Stilet-hoe take charge of The Chaos Lounge (in the Edge Of The Wedge). Doors open at 2200 with the fun running through to 0300, entrance is £5 on the door (last admission at 0100).
In conjunction with promoters the STE Punk Collective, Southampton venue The Hobbit will be hosting a punk/hardcore all-dayer this Sunday, 31st August. The line-up includes local acts Whole In The Head, Gordon Gano's Army, The Good Wife and Screwed Up Flyer plus Welsh band Threat Manifesto and London's Beginning Of The End. The event runs from 1400 to 2100 and admission is £5 on the door.
The 2008 ExpressFM Golden Plectrum Awards, toasting the best of the Portsmouth music scene, take place at The Wedgewood Rooms tomorrow night, Thursday 28th August. The B Of The Bang, Replenish, The Dawn Chorus, The Rebs and Autons are amongst the local bands playing live, tickets are £6 in advance and a list of the nominees can be found here.
Bass and beats club night Kiss My Bass returns to Café Havana in Southsea this Saturday, 30th August, with guests Lee Martin (Infectious Breaks) and Rogue State (Error) joining resident DJs Udy, Aimz and Eratik Behaviour. Doors open 2000 through 0100 and admission is FREE.
The first semi-final of The Wedgewood Rooms' Showcase 08 competition will be held on Tuesday 2nd September. Heat-winners In Like Flynn, Melodramas, Shegotsick and Escape Story will be taking the stage again to hopefully impress the audience and panel of judges enough to make it through to the final (though, similar to Highlander, there can only be one winner). Admission is £4 and doors open at 2000.
Dean Clarke, lead singer of local band The Fret, tragically passed away recently. To celebrate his life and music, and also raise funds for his remaining family, a 'rock in peace' event will be held at The Wedgewood Rooms on Sunday 31st August. Amongst the bands so far announced as taking part are The Model Village, The Skies, The Fret and Kodiak Jack, with more to be confirmed. Doors open at 1930 and tickets are £6 in advance. More information can be found on the Facebook event page.
Nicola K and local indie four-piece Joby will be the guest artists at Roger Courtney's Open Mike Club this week. Doors open at The Barn at The Milton Arms at 1900 tomorrow, Thursday 28th August, with the Open Mike session following the guest sessions at 2200. Admission is FREE and you can find more information can be found here.
And that wraps things up for another week. Today I have mostly been listening to Super Furry Animals and Iggy Pop, with slices of Lavender Diamond and The Chemical Brothers woven in-between. Be sure to join me next week when I'll be looking into the abyss.
:o)
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